In the deathly stillness of the VIP room, the dealer had taken his place and displayed the freshly unsealed deck in his hand.
Rules Texas Hold'em. Minimum bet: ten million. No upper limit.
"First hand. Let's see how our luck is?"
Ling Zhou smiled and tossed a stack of chips into the pot. Looked towards Ji Jue, Ji Jue flipped through the rulebook he had requested from the dealer with one hand, then casually tossed in ten million worth of chips.
After the two hole cards were dealt, three community cards were revealed.
Five of Hearts, Ace of Spades, Two of clubs.
During the betting round, Ling Zhou glanced at his hole cards and casually raised by five million. Ji Jue called. The fourth community card was the Seven of Hearts. Ling Zhou raised another five million, and Ji Jue called while looking at the rulebook.
The fifth community card was the Nine of Diamonds.
Without any hesitation or delay, after the first round had run its course, both sides finally revealed their cards.
Ji Jue had two pair: Five of Hearts and Five of Spades, Two of Diamonds and Two of clubs.
Ling Zhou also had two pair: Ace of Spades and Ace of Hearts, Nine of Diamonds and Nine of clubs.
"Hmm? Looks like I'm pretty lucky today." Ling Zhou smiled. After collecting the fifty-million pot, he looked towards Ji Jue. "Want to switch decks and change your luck?"
"No need. I more or less understand it now."
Ji Jue set down the rulebook in his hand, raised his head, and smiled faintly, utterly unconcerned. "Let's continue."
And so, the second round began.
Yet for some reason, the temperature in the VIP room seemed to be quietly rising. Even though it had nothing to do with them, the